gkster
February 21, 2019, 4:24pm
64388
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet
Abolition of the US Electoral College
Equal Rights Amendment
Loss of beach sand
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
cure for Alzheimer’s
Cure for Cancer
End to bigotry
AIDS vaccine
world hunger
Censoring Rock Music (good luck with that one)
Inner-city poverty
US adoption of the metric system
as per wiki, "As of 2018 the United States is one of only seven countries, including Myanmar (Burma), Liberia, Palau, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Samoa that have not officially adopted the metric system "
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet
Abolition of the US Electoral College
Equal Rights Amendment
Loss of beach sand
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
cure for Alzheimer’s
Cure for Cancer
End to bigotry
AIDS vaccine
world hunger
Censoring Rock Music (good luck with that one)
Inner-city poverty
US adoption of the metric system
Declaring he USA a Christian nation
Next up: In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
Bayaker
February 21, 2019, 6:01pm
64392
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
Daydream Believer (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Spoons
February 21, 2019, 10:38pm
64396
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
Daydream Believer (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
gkster
February 22, 2019, 2:21am
64397
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
Daydream Believer (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
I don’t want to be a pest about it but the correct format for a song title is to place it in quotation marks. I don’t correct everyone else’s post. But please don’t miscorrect mine.
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
gkster
February 22, 2019, 6:38pm
64400
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
“(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
Spoons
February 23, 2019, 5:43am
64402
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
“(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (Peter Tork)
Not exactly a song, but it is on the Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd. album. And it was written and performed by the subject of this thread himself, which I think makes it appropriate for inclusion in the list.
Pass.
gkster
February 23, 2019, 5:48am
64403
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them:
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond)
“Daydream Believer” (John Stewart)
Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork)
Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin)
Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand)
Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson)
I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
“(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart)
“For Pete’s Sake” (Peter Tork, Joey Richards)
New
Famous people named Peter, in any language
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Spoons
February 23, 2019, 5:53am
64404
Famous people named Peter, in any language
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Frampton
Famous people named Peter, in any language
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Frampton
Tsar Peter the Great
Famous people named Peter, in any language
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Frampton
Tsar Peter the Great
Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man
Famous people named Peter, in any language
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Frampton
Tsar Peter the Great
Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man
Peter, one of Jesus’s disciples, who denied him three times